The Softball-Team won its best-of-three semifinal series against the reigning champion Therwil Flyers. After the Challengers won the opener on Saturday, as they cruised to a 13-2 victory, the Flyers bounced back strong in Game 2, as they rolled to a 11-1 win to tie the series at 1-1 and to force a decisive Game 3.

And the decider was a seesaw, as the lead changed five times and the Challengers erased a two-run deficit three times to eventually win 16-9, as the Flyers weren’t able to get out of the fourth inning, as three pitchers combined for eleven base-on-balls. Andrea Wirth drove in four runs and Ziegylou Wehrli collected three RBI’s, while Wirth, Karen Heimgartner and Simona Cellar had two hits apiece. Leandra Simitovic tossed a complete game for her tenth win of the season.
With this win the Challengers move into the Finals for the fourth time in team history and for the first time since 2007. They will face the Luzern Eagles, who swept the Wil Devils in the other semifinal series.
Game 1 and 2 of the best-of-five championship series will take place on Saturday, September 18 at 11am at the Klopstockwiese.

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Das Softball-Team bestreitet am Wochenende seine best-of-three Playoff-Halbfinalserie gegen den amtierenden Schweizer Meister Therwil Flyers. Beide Teams beendeten die Vorrunde mit je 15 Siegen, die Challengers sicherten sich den Heimvorteil aufgrund der geringeren Anzahl erhaltener Runs.
Spiel 1 findet am Samstag, 11. September um 11.00 Uhr in Therwil Känelmatt I statt, Spiel 2 und falls nötig 3 am Sonntag, 12. September um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr auf der Klopstockwiese.
Die Challengers und die Flyers blicken auf eine lange Geschichte mit packenden Playoff-Duellen zurück, treffen die beiden Erzrivalen doch zum sechsten aufeinanderfolgenden Mal in der Postseason aufeinander. Letztes Jahr setzten sich die Flyers im Halbfinal mit 2-1 durch, nachdem die Challengers das Startspiel noch mit 6-5 gewinnen konnten. Den einzigen Erfolg für die Challengers gab es 2006, als sich die Zürcherinnen im Final mit 2-0 durchsetzten und ihren ersten Schweizer Meistertitel erringen konnten.

Continue Reading » Playoffstart fuer das Softball-Team

 
The Softball-Team played a make-up game against the Zurich Barracudas on Thursday, September 2 for their June 17 postponement. Simona Cellar drove in three runs and Leandra Simitovic recorded her eight win of the season, as the Challengers rolled to a 12-1 victory over the Zurich Barracudas to clinch a playoff berth.

Alexia Zingg went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double, while Andrea Wirth drove in a pair of runs to pace a 11-hit attack for the C’s, who have won seven of their last nine games.
Simitovic opened the score in the first inning and Nancy Plamondon made it 2-0 on a wild pitch. The Challengers blew the game open with eight runs in the second frame. The C’s started the inning with four consecutive hits, before Alexia Zingg doubled and scored when Andrea Wirth followed with a RBI-single to make it 7-0. And the Barracudas couldn’t stop the bleeding, as Simona Cellar delivered a bases-clearing triple for a 10-0 lead. 
The C’s, who clinched a playoff berth for the seventh consecutive season, will face the Therwil Flyers in the semi-finals. The games between the two arch rivals scheduled for Saturday, September 4 have been canceled, as the Flyers forfeited the games. With the two additional wins the C’s moved into second place with a 15-9 record and gained home field advantage for the best-of-three semifinal series, which will start on September 11.
 

Continue Reading » Ladies clinch playoff berth

Das Softball-Team läuft am Donnerstag, 2. September zu einem Nachtragsspiel gegen die Zürich Barracudas auf. Die Barracudas benötigen einen Sieg, um ihre Playoff Hoffnungen am Leben zu erhalten, derweil die Challengers diesbezüglich mit einem Sieg alles klar machen können. Die Challengers gewannen in der laufenden Saison zwei von drei Direktbegegnungen. Spielbeginn ist um 18.30 Uhr auf der Klopstockwiese.

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